Arnold Grummer's Design Team Blog

Hello, Donna here with a flower I would like to show you using hand made paper using  Arnold Grummer paper making kit . Here is what you will need. Blender water paper (junk mail or any paper you want to get rid of) glue paint small stick (I just found one in the yard) silk leaves  (or you can make your own) Arnold Grummer paper making dip handmold Make your paper according to the directions, you can find all kinds of videos on youtube by Arnold showing how to make paper. Cut out your flower petals and remember, nothing in nature is perfect so don't make them each the same. Then mold them into the shape you want them and add a layer of glue to help them hold their shape. After you have all your petals formed, let them dry and then glue them together to form the flower. I also added a bud and glued that to the end of the branch. Glue your leaves onto the branch making sure they will show when you add the flower. Once the flower is all dry, you can paint ...

Hi all Debbie here… My daughter loves butterflies so this project was for her bedroom…… a string of butterflies to hang from her ceiling! For this project you will need: Medium template folding heart card #350  This is the wings or your butterflies. Make the heart shapes while making your paper with Arnold Grummers paper making kits. Make all different colours and add different things to your papers while doing so. Make two sets of wings per butterfly for a double sided look. There are heaps of wonderful additives you can use from Arnold Grummer online store. Botanicals Metallics Micas sparkles Other items needed: scissors, String or bakers twine, pen, needle, beads, glue, spare scraps of paper Now lets get started: After making and drying all your fancy decorative papers take out the template again, draw on your scraps of paper an oval near the middle and then remove the template and draw the rest of your butterfly body as sho...

Are you still decorating for the holidays? I am—and probably will be until the wee hours on Christmas Eve. (But, then, I guess that would be the very early hours of Christmas Day!!) Anyway, you get what I'm saying: I'm going to be decorating until the last possible moment. Many of my decorations include handmade paper, and today I'm sharing one of my favorites. It is a 3D angel. She's so easy to make!! I'm sharing the pattern in PDF , MTC (Make-the-Cut) , and SVG formats. Here you can see the angel cut out from a light blue handmade paper. I colored the paper pulp with a pale blue tinting tissue and added botanical inclusions. I following these basic instructions when making the paper, but for this piece I processed longer so the inclusions would be blended into smaller pieces. Next step was to embellish the cutout. I chose a silver metallic chenille stem for her halo and Dew Drops along the hemline. You could also use glitter glues, rhinestones, or othe...